About Us

About the Twin Cities Chapter

As described in our constitution, we serve as a resource for statisticians and those interested in Statistics in the Twin Cities and surrounding region. Membership in the national ASA organization is not a prerequisite for membership in the Twin Cities Chapter. For more information or to become a member, see the information below or contact us.

2024 Current Chapter Officers

We are happy to serve on behalf of the statistical community in the Twin Cities. Vice President, Program Manager, and Treasurer are elected by the ASA TC membership. Vice President will become President and President will become Past President each year. All other positions are appointed by the leadership committee.

president

Dr. Deepak Sanjel

President, Full Professor of Statistics, Minnesota State University - Mankato, https://mavdisk.mnsu.edu/sg2673th/

Past president

Dr. Abby Nachtsheim

Past President, Research Statisticain, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Vice president

Dr. Larissa Stanberry

Vice President, Program Director - Data Science & Investigator-Initiated Research Minneapolis Heart Institute https://www.linkedin.com/in/lstanberry/

Treasurer

Dr. Xianghua Luo

Treasurer, Professor of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota - School of Public Health, http://www.biostat.umn.edu/~xianghua/

Program Manager

Dr. Tianxi Li

Program Manager, Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Minnesota - School of Statistics, https://sites.google.com/view/tianxili-homepage/home

Council of Chapter Representatives

Dr. Jong-Min Kim

Council of Chapter Representatives, Professor of Statistics, University of Minnesota - Morris, https://personal.morris.umn.edu/~jongmink/

Webmaster

Grace Kim

Webmaster, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minnesota